The computers at CBP went down for a few hours on Saturday morning, just in time to trap all the pax from Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, etc. in the arrivals hall. Fortunately my MEX flight beat the rush, but still ...

At one point they handed out I-94 forms to all the folks in the visitors line, but these turned out not to be needed. Folks with "A" visas - ie foreign diplomats, government types - got pulled from the line for special handling.

Not sure if these things happen often, but it's pretty embarrassing esp. in SFO - the world's technology capital.

Oh yeah, is the weather at SFO never NOT lousy?